A jury can
nullify unconstitutional law.
"
Niall's point
was that the
Gardai (
Republic of
Ireland Police) and the
DPP (
Mr James
Hamilton) selected the charge to
avoid a
jury trial, knowing from
experience that
the district court judge would convict
him, whereas a
jury may not have
convicted him." (Recent statement made by:
"Court
Observer")
==================
"It's every person's
right" ("iamsam" at Thu Mar 25, 2010
00:32)
by Distant Observer Thu
Mar 25, 2010 11:13
Assuming you are
correct, and I note with great interest that you are being
challenged in what seems to me to be a very
major way (by "
Court Observer" at Thu
Mar 25, 2010 10:43), then I hope that
Niall will choose
the
"trial by jury" option for his next
appeal.
I say this because I believe that
if a
jury were to act in the way that a jury is meant to act in
cases of this kind, which is to prevent
GOVERNMENT
BULLYING of the type in question, then the
jury would -- in all of these "
Shell To
Sea" cases, or almost all of them at least --
judge the
protestors to be
"not guilty" of any crime.
And, if that were
to happen, there is
NOTHING that I can think of which
would hurt
Shell
Oil and their many
accomplices more.
Far more
importantly perhaps, I further believe that
there is nothing that would HELP the people of the Republic of
Ireland
more, than
a string of such "not guilty" verdicts
coming from a jury -- or juries, as the case might be, on
account of the fact the
"Shell To Sea"
situation seems to involve several court
cases.
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Why
did
constitutional law expert Dr Gerard
Hogan fail to challenge legislation which he
believed was unconstitutional, in connection with the
600,000 Euros "Tara Court Case" which he was
very deeply involved in?
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/LondonMetropolitanPolice/19March2010/Email.htm==================
"I
consider Trial by Jury as the ONLY
anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held
to the principles of its constitution."Former United
States President Thomas
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